EPIDENDRUM. 



ORCHIDRS. 375 



— Dot. Mag, 4784. — Pescatorea I. 10, — Van Floulie Flore des Serres IX. 959. 

 — Lera. ill. hort lab. 23. 

 2-^1. EPIDENDRUai MELANOCAULON Rchb. til. MSS, Huc : Barkeria melanocaulon 

 Rich. et GaL tab. 19. 



Caule erecto, tereti, alropui pureo; foliis approximatis ellipticis acutis; 

 flor. roseis; sepalis internis obtusis. 



Mexico. — Annales des sc. nat. 1845. Janv. p. 22. 

 222. EPIDENDRUM LINDLEYANUM Rchb. fil. MSS. Huc : Barheria Lindleyana Balem. 

 Foliis ovalibus acutis, bracteis iinearibus pedunculo multo breviori- 

 bus; labello exacte oblongo apiculato bicarinato carina altera sub apice 

 interjecta, unguiculato plano basi columnae adnato, columna clavata 

 alata apice tridentata immaculata. 



Appearance of Epidendrum Skinneri, with which it would le conf. But is has the 

 winged column , and ihe labelium with a thin membranous fcorder down far below 

 the head of the column. U is however to be observed , that in Ihe original Barkeria 

 Ihe labellum was absolutely free and sessile; while in the present species it has a 

 disiinct unguis connate with ihe base of the coluran. — Klowers ofa rich deep purple; 

 sepals and petals of equal size , linear lanceolate, directed forwads in the same man- 

 ner, as in the original species ; the petals are raiher broader than the sepals. Label- 

 lum Va" long , exactly oblong rich purple , except nearly white in ihe raid. The an- 

 iher is sunk with in the 3 teelh of ihe column . and is depressed in the middle while 

 il is elevated at each siile ; it is very fleshy, and countains 4 cells, in which are 

 located as many pollenmasses , each having a powdery strap bent back upon it. — 

 Costa Rica. Skinner. — Floruit plusquam 7 hebdom. ap. Batem. — Bot. Reg. XXVIII 

 1842. Misc. 5. — Bat. Orch. Mex. 1842. tb. 38. 

 22.3. EPIDENDRUM SPECTABILE Rchb. Gl. MSS. Iluc : Burkeria spectubilis Balem. in 

 Litt. Bot. Reg. XXVHL 1842. Misc 45. 



Racemo mullifloro laxo, labello ovato-lanceolato tricarinato, sepalis 



lineari-lanceolatis , petalis ovatis acumjnatis. 



Under the name of Flor de Isabal the plant forms one of the votive offerings o( the 

 Guaiemalese. It formes a tuft of cylindrical stems aboul 4 — 5 inches high, each 

 of which bears two fleshy laiiceolate acute leaves , separated frora each other by inter» 

 vals of about an inch, The raceme arises out of some brown dry sheaths , and in 

 ihe plants that have flowered bears about six mosl lovely nodding biossoms : but 

 according to a memorandum from M, Skinner now before me , it varies in lengih 

 from3inches — a fool : and indeed I possess a wild specimen from that gentleman with 

 as many as twelve flowers in a raceme. The expanded Howers are nearly 3 inches 

 and a half wide , their colour is a brighl lilnc , the sepals are linear lanceolate. ihe 

 sepals ovate - lanceolate in form and unspotted but the labellum is white at the base 

 and in ihe middle , lilac at the edge and point , and richly marked wiih small blood 

 red spois. Along its middle, belovv tlie column are live purple lines , which pass into 

 three elevated colourless ridges , beyond the place whi re the anthcr lonches the lip. 

 — Bat. Orch. 33; Caulibus brevibus foliosis 2 — phyll. — Guatemala. Skinner. Hart- 

 weg. Mexico. Karwinski. 



224. EPIDKNDRUM PE.NTADACTYLUM Rchb. fil. in Seemann Bonpl. II. 89. : 



Labelli quinquepartiti callo depresso aulice bidentato per discum 



communem. 



Caulis bipedalis arcie vaginalus gracilis apice lenui ramosus ; rami ascendentes — 7 

 foliati. Vaginae asperulae. Laminae ligulatae acutae gramineae — 3 pollices longae, 

 V»" latae. Racemus capitatus basi unisquamatus , densiflorus , pluriflorus (1,5'" longa 

 perigonia !) . cernuus. Bracteae lanceae ovario pedicellato gracili multo breviores. 

 Sepala ac tepala paulo latiora oblonga acuia. Labelli tinguis imn basi cum gvnoste- 

 mio connatus , portitiones posiicae ligulatae apice exciso bilobae divaricaiap; anlerio- 



